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... = n Var~s(A, Bit. Since S is the sum of independent, identically distributed random variables s(A,B)
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... , which treats independent, identically distributed (iid) random variables id, W2 ,.
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... Define Xst by Then evidently, and We have that at= alignment exists and -XOt is the maximum of a finite number of alignment scores. The final hypothesis to check is gt >-Kt for some constant K and all t > ~ .
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